* Astronomy

A magnitude 14.9 supernova, 2009ic, was discovered on the 5th August, 2009, by Pignata et al. at the CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) in the spiral galaxy PGC 16256 in the constellation Orion.
The supernova is located 9.6" east and 23.2" south from the center of the galaxy.
As yet the type is unknown.

Position (2000): RA = 04h53m18s.03, Dec = -03°00'59".6

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